At the press conference, David Reevely from The Logic asked Joly how the money for an American company’s subsidiary jibed with the government’s “elbows up” message.

Since the announcement of the Defence Industrial Strategy, Canada has said it will spend billions on missile systems from Lockheed Martin. National Defence Minister David McGuinty has also argued that Palantir Canada — a branch of the American billionaire-founded artificial intelligence company working with Israel — is a Canadian company.

Eighty-two per cent said Canada should “defend itself without relying too heavily on other countries,” the poll found. U.S. companies, including those operating subsidiaries in Canada, were the least favoured.

Just like with the majority foreign-owned fossil fuel industry in Alberta, 'our' Government will give money to foreign/US corporations and sell it to us (with no questions asked by mainstream media) as 'sovereignty'. Obviously anyone who thinks the CPC offers something better for working Canadians is delusional

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[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Historically like how far back are we talking? Because for the last half century they've been pretty damned pro-us-business.

You're right that both parties are, so party doesn't really matter, but it seems disingenuous to characterize the conservatives (not a specific party, conservative parties in general) as being especially or uniquely anti-usa in their actions, since the start of the cold war.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The 70s is when it really changed, a reaction to the recession, but even 10-20 years ago we can CANZUK to reunite with the crown and escape US hegemony.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think that canzuk is a great example, since it's not really opposed strongly by the other parties, and also it's a free trade agreement and conservatives will agree to any free trade agreement with anyone; it's not really especially anti-usa or uniquely conservative.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To be fair, Trudeau was adamantly against it because it weakened the US position but he was more right wing than typical Liberals so it doesn't play into historic trends.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah modern parties are only different in their social policy, not in their fiscal policies. It's pretty crazy.